Jar-holding-funnel apparatus



M. ELLIS. JAR HOLDING FUNNEL APPARATUS.

(No Model.)

Patented Apr; 16,1889.

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MOLLIE ELLIS, OF BARDSTOlVN, KENTUCKY.

JAR-HOLDING-FUNNEL APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 401,487, dated April 16', 1889.

Application filed June 11, 1888. Serial No. 276,676. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MOLLIE ELLIs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bardstown, in the county of Nelson and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in J ar-Holding-Funnel Apparatus, of which the following specification is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to apparatus consistin g of a portable holder with a suitable handle or handles for holding the jar or other vessel to be filled with fruit or other material, and a funnel connected with said holder and adaptedto be applied to the mouth of the jar for directing the material into the same.

It consists in the improvements, severally and collectively, hereinafter pointed out.

In the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification, Figure I is a side View, and Fig. II a front view, of an apparatus constructed in accordance with the invention, a jar being shown in posit-ion; and Fig.

III, a sectional view of the same, a smaller jar being shown in position.

The jar-holder consists of a cup, A, having at the back a handle, B, and standard D, fastened to said cup, leaving sufficient open space in front of said handle and standard above the front retaining-wall of the cup to expose the jar below the shoulder, and the funnel C is loosely connected with the jar-holding cup A through the standard D, so as to be movable, and thus permit the introduction and removal of the jar and the insertion of the funnel into the mouth of the jar.

The handle B and standard D being fastened to the cup A the whole apparatus and the jar inclosed can easily be carried around and held with one hand, leaving the other free to be used in filling the jar through the funnel. The front wall of cup A retains the jar or prevents it from falling out when the apparatus is tipped or tilted, and the open space in front permits the jar easily to be grasped by the hand in introducing and removing the same, and also permits the progress of filling to be observed.

As shown, the loose connection between the cup A and funnel 0 through the standard D is made at the top of the standard D by means of an arm, 1, hinged to the standard at 2 and to the funnel at 3. The standard D is a distinct piece from the handle, being formed by an upright extension of the back of the cup A. The handle Bis formed by a vertical loop fastened at the bottom to the cup A and at the top to the upright extension of the cup A, forming the standard D, .and the cup A is made close and tight, so that it may receive warm water for tempering the jars, and thus render unnecessary the preliminary rinsing ordinarily resorted to.

The apparatus composed of the cup having at the back a supporting-handle and a standard fastened thereto, leaving an open space in front of said standard and handle above ,the front retaining-wall of the cup, and the ,movable funnel, loosely connected with the jar-holding cup through the said standard, is included in the invention irrespective of, first, %the use for the loose connection of a hinged arm or the arrangement thereof at the top of the standard; second, the construction of the "standard wholly distinct from the handle, as

by an extension of the back wall of the cup;

third, the use of a vertical loop for the handle,

and, fourth, the use of a close water-tight cup; but each of these features is desirable, and

the apparatus containing them constitutes the best form of the invention, and is specially claimed when embodying one or more of them.

In the apparatus shown the following additional features are embodied-that is to say, there is a receptacle below the bottom of the funnel for receiving any material which may accidentally run over the edge of the jar, this receptacle being formed by the cup A, which is made larger than the jar F, to be placed therein, so as to leave a space, 4, outside to catch any overflow, and there is also a shield interposed between the handle B and the jar F and extending on both sides of the handle partially around the jar, this shield being formed by making the standard D broad, or providing wings 5 on both sides of the handle B. It is essential that the shield should extend partially and not wholly around the jar in order to leave sufficient room in front for the hand to grasp the jar F in the cup A and not to prevent the examination of the filling operation. This portion of the invention extends to an apparatus, as above defined, provided, generally, with an overflow-receptacle below the bottom of the funnel and an interposed screen extending partially around the jar, (either or both the overflow-receptacle and screen,) as well as with the special form of overflow-receptacle and screen described. "As shown, also, the standard D, formed by an extension of theback of the cup A, is broadest at the base and diminishes in width toward the top, with sloping edges 6, which merge into and make a continuation of the top edge at the front of the cup. This construction constitutes a special feature of invention. It is economical and gives stiffness, together with a neat appearance; furnishes a wide screen, while leaving sufficient room in front for grasping the jar, and allows of a cup which, besides holding the jar, may receive warm water for tempering and may act as an overflow-receptacle.

The cup A may receive jars of different diameter. In order to adapt the apparatus to receive jars of different height, a false bottom, E, is provided, such false bottom being removed in order to accommodate the taller jars. This false bottom, as shown, has underlying supports (namely, a rim, 7) fastened thereto, which supports rest upon the bottom of the cup and elevate the shorter jars to the right height, and there is a hole, 8, in the false bottom, into which the finger may be in serted inorder to remove the false bottom readily. The open space in front of the apparatus above the wall of the cup facilitates the removal and the introduction of the false bottom. Of course as many removable false bottoms may be provided as may be desired to accommodate the different jars.

In order to use the apparatus the funnel O is raised or turned back, the jar F is placed in the cup A, and the funnel O is inserted into the mouth of the jar. The jar is then easily held and carried in one hand, and can be quickly filled by pouring the fruit into the funnel O with the other. The hand which holds the apparatus is protected from the heat, and if there should any hot fruit escape from the jar it will be caught in the cup A. Ordinarily it will be easy to avoid overflow, and the wiping of the jars after filling will thus be done away with. When. the jar is filled, which can easily be seen, since the front of the jar below the shoulder is exposed, the funnel is lifted or turned back and the jar,

which can easily be grasped by the hand, is lifted out.

I claim as my invention or discovery 1. A portable j ar-holding-funnel apparatus consisting of the cup having at the 'back a handle and a standard fastened to said cup, leaving sufficient open space in front of said handle and standard above. the front retaining-wall of the cup to expose the jar below the shoulder, and the movable funnel loosely connected in use with the said cup through said standard, substantially as described.

2. A portable jar-holding-funnel apparatus consisting of the cup having at the back a handle and a standard fastened to said cup, leaving sufficient open space in front ofsaid handle and standard to expose the jar below the shoulder, and the movable funnel loosely connected in use with said cup through said standard, said apparatus being provided with a portion extending beyond the jar below the bottom of the funnel for catching any overflow, and with wings spread out on both sides of said handle partially around the jar, substantially as described.

3. A portable j ar-holding-funnel apparatus consisting of the cup having at the back an upright extension, forming a standard broad at the base and diminishing in width upward, with sloping edges, which merge into and make a continuation of the top edge of the front of the cup, the handle fastened behind the said upright extension, and the movable funnel loosely connected with the top thereof, substantially as described.

4. The combination, with the j ar-holdingfunnel apparatus composed of the cup having at the back a handle and a standard fastened to said cup, leaving sufficient open space in front of said handle and standard above the front retaining-wall of the cup to expose the jar below the shoulder, and the movable funnel loosely connected with the cup through said standard, of the removable false bottom having underlying supports which rest on the bottom of the cup and a hole in said false bottom, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

MOLLIE ELLIS.

Attest:

ELLA ELLIs, MINNIE S. AULL. 

